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Olympic Lifting Warm-Up

If you’ve spent any time crossfitting and olympic lifting in the last several years you’ll know exactly what the “Burgener Warm-Up” is.  It takes only a couple minutes and is great reinforcement for good mechanics when snatching.  Here, Ryan goes through it for us.

Reps 1-3: Down and Up

Reps 4-6: Elbows High & Outside

Reps 7-9: Muscle Snatch

Reps 10-12: Snatch Land

Then 3 More Reps of a Full Hang Power Snatch

VIDEO – “Burgener Warm-Up by SMFRfitness” Lilienthal runs us through the warm up start to finish.

 

VIDEO – “The Burgener Warm-Up” by Coach Mike Burgener via Crossfit Journal…and Yes, Coach Burgener is a Marine.

 

VIDEO – Sage Burgener demo’s the Warm-Up start to finish…

 

Also, a PDF article on the Burgener Warm-Up… http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/53_06_Burgener_Warmup.pdf

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